Jackson-Herman-Willig Family History
Our Family's Journey Through Time: 1677-1945
Lloyd Jackson: born August 29, 1891 in Oblong Township, Crawford County, Illinois, the third child born to Jury and Annie Jackson. Lloyd died in Hancock County, Indiana on June 28, 1981 and was buried in McCray Cemetery in Wilkinson, Hancock County.
Lottie (McClure) Jackson: born on June 6, 1894 in , a daughter of William Henry and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Holloman) McClure. [She was the half-sister of Maude (Marshall) Jackson who married Ersil Jackson, the brother of Lloyd Jackson.] Lottie Jackson died on August 26, 1966 in Greenfield, Indiana; she was buried in McCray Cemetery in Wilkinson, Hancock County.
Marriage: Lloyd and Lottie married on Sept. 21, 1911 in Hebron, Illinois [The Jury Jackson Family Bible recorded the date and location].
Children (5): Viola Mae (Davis) (1912-1989), Lucille (Gallimore-Newton-Berdusco) (1914-1972), Noble Lee Jackson (1916-2004), Jesse O. Jackson (1919-2012), and Betty Lou (Hook) (1928-2019).
Lloyd Jackson, the third child of Jury and Annie Jackson, was born at home on their farm in rural Crawford County, Illinois in 1891. Lottie McClure, a daughter of Henry and Lizzie McClure, was born in 1894 in or around Crawford County, but the exact location is undocumented. Lottie was the half-sister of Maude (Marshall) Jackson who married Ersil Jackson, Lloyd's brother in 1911. Lloyd and Lottie were married on Aug. 21, 1911, in Hebron, Illinois (according to the Jury Jackson Family Bible).
Lloyd and Lottie Jackson spent their lives living in Illinois and Indiana. Lloyd engaged in farming and in manufacturing industries. Their oldest child, Viola Mae, was born in Parkersburg, Richland County, Illinois in 1912, the year after they were married. Their second child, Lucille was born in Colfax, McLean County, Illinois, in 1914. Their third child, Noble Lee, was also born in Illinois in 1916, either in McLean County or Logan County. Jesse O. Jackson, their fourth child, was born in Emden, Logan County, Illinois in 1919, and their fifth child, Betty Lou, was born in Peoria, Illinois in 1928.
In 1949, the family was living near Kennard, Henry County, Indiana, when Betty Lou graduated from Kennard High School. Lloyd Jackson worked for Chrysler Corp. in Indiana. [Chrysler Automobile Foundry in Indianapolis was one of the largest employers in Central Indiana at that time.] After Lottie died with Leukemia complications in 1966, Lloyd lived for a time in Avon Park, Florida. In 1981, Lloyd Jackson died in Indiana and was buried at McCray Cemetery in Wilkinson, Hancock County, where Lottie had been buried a few years earlier.
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Viola Mae Jackson was born on August 17, 1912 in Parkersburg, Illinois, and died in Indiana on June 26, 1989; she was buried in McCray Cemetery, Wilkinson, Indiana. She was Lloyd and Lottie's first child and married William Arnum Davis (1908-1996); they lived their lives in Hancock County, Indiana where they raised their two children: one son and one daughter, both of whom married and have continuing family lineages.
Lucille Jeanette Jackson was born on Sept. 6, 1914 in Colfax, Illinois and she died in Indiana on Aug. 22, 1972 and was buried in South Mound Cemetery in New Castle, Indiana. Lucille was married three times: first to Paul Bryan Gallimore (1908-1985); then to Harley John Newton (1910-1960); then to Ray Berdusco, Jr. (1924-2002). There are three children from these unions with ongoing family lineages.
Noble Lee Jackson, born Dec. 13, 1916 in McLean County or Logan County, Illinois, was Lloyd and Lottie Jackson's third child. He died on March 25, 2004 and was buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana. He married Mildred Marie (Jester) Jackson in 1943 and they had three children together: one daughter and two sons. Their family lineage continues through their children.
Jesse O. Jackson was born in Emden, Illinois on Jan. 27, 1919. He died in Fishers, Indiana on Jan. 3, 2012 and was buried at McCray Cemetery in Wilkinson, Indiana. He married Betty Bright (Jackson), daughter of Jacob and Opal (Railsback) Bright. Jesse O. Jackson was an avid Jackson Family history researcher. Jesse and Betty were the parents of two sons and have an ongoing family lineage.
Betty Lou Jackson was born in Peoria, Illinois on Nov. 14, 1928, Lloyd and Lottie's youngest child; she died in Daleville, Indiana on Nov. 8, 2019 and was buried in Anderson memorial Park in Anderson, Indiana. She was married to Clarence Nichols and had one daughter and two sons. She married Orie/Otis Hook who passed away in 2016 (1932-2016). Their respective descendants have continuing family lineages.
Find a Grave.com (hint: search by the person's name, State of the cemetery, and the year of death)
Published obituaries: Jesse O. Jackson (1919-2012), and Betty Lou Hook (1928-2019)
Max Jackson correspondence: Jackson Family historical research
Jury Jackson Family Bible: Family Record Page
Florence (Jackson) Willig: family history correspondence with Doris (Herman) Veach and her daughter-in-law.